[kevkrom]

I've been hearing variations of this canard for over 10 years, that academics and journalists are liberal because they're "smarter" than everyone else. To me it only proves their own elitist biases -- assuming that anyone who disagrees with you is stupid is one of the most foolish mistakes you can make.

[Bigun]

I've been hearing variations of this canard for over 10 years, that academics and journalists are liberal because they're "smarter" than everyone else. To me it only proves their own elitist biases -- assuming that anyone who disagrees with you is stupid is one of the most foolish mistakes you can make.

A M E N ! ! !

Here's another canard I've heard for years which seems appropriate to this discussion:

"Those who can do! Those who cannot teach!"

[lepton]

And actual surveys tend to demonstrate that Conservatives are better educated, and overwhelmingly more politically aware - in the sense that when they vote, they have some idea what the issues are, and which candidate stands for which. As example:

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To: Howlin

From http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/

Strangers on a Train Wreck
Here's a fascinating tidbit from this week's CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. The following table shows the proportion of "Republicans/Republican leaners" and "Democrats/Democratic leaners" who said they'd "never heard of" each of the Democratic presidential candidates:

Candidate	Reps	Dems
Clark	17%	22%
Dean	14%	17%
Edwards	25%	28%
Gephardt	14%	21%
Kerry	18%	20%
Lieberman	7%	11%

For the most part these differences aren't huge, but it's nonetheless striking that in every case, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to have heard of the Democratic candidates--especially since Dems are in a position to vote on these guys in the next few months. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that people who are more informed about politics tend to be Republicans.

42 posted on 01/12/2004 11:35:58 AM PST by lepton

[lepton]

From http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/

Strangers on a Train Wreck
Here's a fascinating tidbit from this week's CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. The following table shows the proportion of "Republicans/Republican leaners" and "Democrats/Democratic leaners" who said they'd "never heard of" each of the Democratic presidential candidates:

Candidate	Reps	Dems
Clark	17%	22%
Dean	14%	17%
Edwards	25%	28%
Gephardt	14%	21%
Kerry	18%	20%
Lieberman	7%	11%

For the most part these differences aren't huge, but it's nonetheless striking that in every case, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to have heard of the Democratic candidates--especially since Dems are in a position to vote on these guys in the next few months. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that people who are more informed about politics tend to be Republicans.

[philosofy123]

People with the worst grades gravitates to Philosophy, sociology, journalism,....other liberal art crap. The smart ones go to engineering, and medical schools.